Flash for the iPhone camera
I’m sure we’ll see a cheapo “retail” version of this iPhone light amongst the metric tons of iPhone accessories, but for now here’s how to build your own – [via] Link.
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Alarm clock/countdown timer kit
Here’s a fun kit, it’s a fully functional alarm clock and stopwatch… Link.
Don’t update your iPhone… yet.
If you’ve previously unlocked your iPhone, or you are considering doing it in the future, you should probably hold off updating your phone for the moment. Apple’s recent 1.1.1 firmware update has been bricking hacked phones, and though there’s a method for downgrading back to 1.0.2, the telephony portion of the device will remain broken […]
Desktop “Strandbeest” walker
The work of Dutch physicist-turned-artist Theo Jansen has inspired many, including us here at MAKE. His amazing “Strandbeest” (beach animals), giant wind-driven walking sculptures, are staggeringly cool. A number of miniature machine and robot builders have tried to incorporate some of Jensen’s ideas into their own work. Here, a Japanese maker has built a tabletop […]
Robot Jockey, the sport that never was
Before BigDog and LittleDog, Boston Dynamics Director Martin Buehler was messing around with single-leg motility, here via the Robot Jockey, a sort of semi-self-balancing pogo stick under a motorcycle frame. On Buehler’s website, you can see the evolution, from these monoped prototypes up to the four-legged critters we see bouncing around in BD test videos […]
SensorBib upright bass augmentation
Spencer Russell created a “sleeve” for his upright bass to house electronic sensors which detect his position relative to the instrument. The sensors use an Arduino board to communicate with a computer running PD (PureData) to translate the sensor information into sound. He used Blender and QCad to make a 3D model of his bass […]
Automate using your Mac on untrusted networks
When you’re on an untrusted or unencrypted network, everything from what you browse to the email and IM messages you send can potentially be snooped by a third party. Sure, some sites use https and you can use ssh to connect to a remote server, but what if you want to jack in and enjoy […]